In the end, the hunter becomes the hunted; but wouldn't the animal rights message mean more if you actually cared about the critters?
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10/17/06
Open Season (2006)
47 %
Reviews Counted: 95 Fresh: 45 Rotten:50 Average Rating: 5.4/10
Consensus:
Open Season is a cliched palette of tired jokes and CG animal shenanigans that have been seen multiple times this cinematic year.
Rated: PG [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Theatrical Release: 06-10-2006
Synopsis: OPEN SEASON, an animated action-adventure, follows the fortunes of two forest-animal misfits. Boog (Martin Lawrence) is a gentle and domesticated bear; Elliot (Ashton Kutcher) is an absentminded and accident-prone deer who has been shunned by his herd. Together, they struggle to adapt... [More]
Genre: Childrens
Starring: Martin Lawrence, Ashton Kutcher, Patrick Warburton, Billy Connolly, Jon Favreau
Director: Roger Allers, Jill Culton, Anthony Stacchi
Screenwriter: Steve Bencich, Ron J. Friedman
Producer: Michelle Murdocca
Composer: Paul Westerberg
Screenwriter: Steve Bencich, Ron J. Friedman
Producer: Michelle Murdocca
Composer: Paul Westerberg
Reviews
Top Critic
I have to say that the humour here (some of it Pythonesque) is mostly spot on and, at times, mischievously dark.
10/14/06
Top Critic
Lawrence proves much less irritating as an animated bear than he does in his real-life performances.
10/14/06
Top Critic
he animation is so-so, the debt to Madagascar and The Jungle Book blatant, and the jokes thin.
10/14/06
A couple of years ago, this might have been something special, but with so many talking animal films out there, it just ain’t.
10/13/06
Fatally lacking laughs and a real sense of adventure, this is a sporadically funny and awkwardly animated curiosity.
10/13/06
Top Critic
High energy and lively performances keep this animated film entertaining, even if there's nothing terribly original about it.
09/21/06
Despite inconsistencies in audience and humor, there's enough to like about Open Season.
07/28/07
The animation is pleasing and Billy Connolly gives a hilarious turn as a loud-mouthed, bossy squirrel, who has never heard the notion that size intimidates
11/24/06
Screened at the IMAX, this is one 3-D movie that absolutely gains nothing from being in the format.
10/13/06
At this point, the most we can hope for now is an animated film that doesn't concern breaking out of a zoo of some sort.
10/12/06
Sony Pictures bags a warm and furry comedy stocked with cute critters and gentle lessons about leaving the nest.
10/09/06
...a computer-animated tale best suited for the pre-teen demographic, yet there are enough genuine, high-energy laughs to amuse viewers of just about any age.
10/09/06
[I]t’s hard to pinpoint who is responsible for this wretched train wreck of an animated feature. Whoever it was... they evidently worked backward... The result is too coarse for children under 10, insulting to anyone older than that and boring for all.
10/04/06
The film isn't painfully bad, and on occasion it's almost strange enough to pass muster on that score alone.
10/04/06
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